Leon Haslam with the 2015 Red Devils Roma Team and the new Aprilia RSV4 RR
Team Red Devils Roma has welcomed Leon Haslam, who will participate in next year’s Superbike World Championship with the Italian squad, piloting the new Aprilia RSV4 RR.
Leon Lloyd Haslam was born in Smalley, Derbyshire, England on 31 May 1983 and is the son of Ron “Rocket” Haslam, who raced in the 500cc world championship in the 1980s. After competing in the 250cc world championship, Leon went on to race in British Superbike before becoming a key rider in the Superbike World Championship from 2009 onwards. After a year on the Honda, Haslam then rode the Suzuki, concluding the 2010 championship in second place behind Max Biaggi, with whom he battled for the title for a good part of the season. Leon then became a factory BMW rider before returning to Honda, closing this year’s championship in seventh position. His achievements in world Superbike include 29 podiums and 3 race wins.
With an English rider, Andrea Petricca’s squad takes another step towards consolidating its status as a top team in the Superbike championship. Haslam will be one of two riders in a team that, in the space of just a few years, has shown great determination and technical ability and that aims to be a frontrunner next season, striving to defend the world championship title won by Aprilia this year.
Andrea Petricca – General Manager: “I’m really pleased to have reached this agreement with Leon, a rider who we really wanted on board as we continue our project, which aims for increasingly ambitious results. Leon is an expert rider on whom we can count, and who will allow us to run next year’s championship at the highest levels. We’re sure that together we can do great things,because we are united by the same determination to obtain the best results.”
Leon Haslam: “I’m happy with the agreement to join Team Red Devils Roma. I’ve had a few difficult years, also down to various injuries, but I’m sure that next year my new team and I will be able to make a great season. To race in a team like that of Andrea Petricca fills me with pride but also responsibility, because I know that next year we need to fight for the positions that count. I believe I have the experience and ability to be able to do this and, above all, I know I can count on a great team and on the championship-winning bike.”
